打油

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Chinese

beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
 oil; sly
simp. and trad.
(打油) 		打 油

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

打⫽油 (verb-object)

  1. (Mainland China) to polish (leather)

Etymology 2

Verb

打⫽油 (verb-object)

  1. to squeeze and extract oil

Etymology 3

Verb

打⫽油 (verb-object)

  1. to withdraw oil; (metonymic) to buy unpackaged oil
    1. Referring to culinary oil.
      去菜市場打油／去菜市场打油  ―  qù càishìchǎng dǎ yóu  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    2. Referring to fuel oil, either to fill in a container or (Malaysia, Singapore) to refuel a vehicle.
      騎摩哆到油站打油
      骑摩哆到油站打油
      qí móduō dào yóuzhàn dǎyóu
      to take a motorcycle to a petrol station to refuel
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 加油 (“to refuel (a vehicle)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 加油
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 加油
Malaysia 打油
Singapore 打油
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 加油
Dagudi (Maliba) 上油
Reshuitang (Longling) 上油
Mae Salong (Lancang) 上油
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 上油
Cantonese Hong Kong 入油
Gan Lichuan 加油
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 添油, 加油
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 添油, 加油
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 添油, 加油
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 添油, 加油
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 添油, 加油
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 添油, 加油
Kuching (Hepo) 打油
Jin Taiyuan 加油
Southern Min Xiamen 添油
Zhao'an 加油
Taipei 加油 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 拍油, 添油
Singapore (Hokkien) 拍油
Manila (Hokkien) 添油, 入油
Chaozhou 加油
Haifeng 加油
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
Dialectal synonyms of 買油 (“to buy oil”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 買油
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 打油, 買油
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 打油
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 打油
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 打油, 買油
Wuhan 打油, 買油
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 打油
Hefei 打油, 買油
Cantonese Guangzhou 買油
Hong Kong 買油
Yangjiang 買油
Gan Nanchang 打油
Hakka Meixian 倒油, 買油
Jin Taiyuan 打油, 買油
Northern Min Jian'ou 買油
Eastern Min Fuzhou 買油, 舀油
Southern Min Xiamen 搭油, 買油
Taipei (Wanhua) 搭油
Kaohsiung 搭油
Yilan 搭油
Changhua (Lukang) 搭油
Taichung 搭油
Taichung (Wuqi) 搭油
Tainan 搭油
Taitung 搭油
Hsinchu 搭油
Penghu (Magong) 搭油
Chaozhou 倒油, 買油
Wu Suzhou 拷油, 買油
Wenzhou 舀油
Xiang Changsha 打油
Shuangfeng 打油
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